Good-natured,
good-times bar-band blues with no pretensions to grandeur or glory in
their own way, both the band and the album are utterly refreshing, a family-and-friends
outfit enjoying themselves and producing a record that you can kick back
and relax to on those warm summer nights.

AT1134.2

Cranston,Lamont
Blues Band

Roll
With Me

09.09.97

A longtime
Midwest club favorite, the Lamont Cranston Blues Band comes up to the
plate with 12 strong original tracks showing that modern blues has some
other agenda than merely replicating one's record collection. Guitarist/vocalist/harmonica
man Pat Hayes is the heart and soul of the band, equally adept at burning
up the fretboard (as he does on "West Side Woman") or blowing the walls
down as he does on the title track.

A good-time
workout with the Bluegills backing up McCray. The record grew out of a
friendship between McCray and Bluegills leader Charlie Walmsley, and while
the result isn't the most stunning blues disc on the market, it's quite
enjoyable and good-natured

13 Tracks;
This album of covers, plus one original, shows off the considerable piano
talents of Minneapolis troubadour Willie Murphy, which he has lent throughout
his career to Bonnie Raitt and Isaac Hayes, among others.

This
disc would be unremarkable if not for the guitar work of Junior Watson
and the producing credits to Canned Heat bassist Larry Taylor.

AT1121.2

Slim,Lynwood

Soul
Feet

17.09.96

15 Tracks;
Lynwood Slim - Harmonica, Vocals

AT1142.2

Smith,Jimi

Blues
Alley

27.10.98

12 Tracks;
The son of veteran Chicago blues songwriter Johnnie Mae Dunson, Jimi "Prime
Time" Smith checks in with a live album recorded at Blues Alley in Minneapolis,
Minnesota on two nights in 1998. Kicking off with a jazzy instrumental,
Benny Golson's "Killer Joe," Smith immediately shows us that he's no Stevie
Ray Vaughanabee, spraying tight licks over a loose framework that allows
the whole band to breathe as one

AT1117.2

Solberg,James

See That
My Grave Is Kept Clean

01.08.95

Jim Solberg's
debut album "See That My Grave is Kept Clean" is a storming collection
of hard-driving electric blues